Gesner, Conrad THIERBÜCH, DAS IST EIN KURTZE BSCHREYBUNG ALLER VIERFÜSSIGEN THIEREN [TRANSLATED INTO GERMAN BY CONRAD FORER]. ZURICH: CHRISTOPHER FROSCHAUER, 1563 Vogelbuch [translated by Rudolf Heusslin]. Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557, with final blank leaf Fischbuch [translated by Conrad Forer]. Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1563 3 works in one volume, folio (383 x 237mm.), RULED IN RED, red initial-strokes, decorative flourishes in blue and red, more than 1,000 woodcut illustrations of animals, birds and fish with CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOUR, late sixteenth-century calf gilt over wooden boards, gilt arabesque centre- and corner-pieces, brass corner-pieces and clasps, spine gilt in compartments, traces of gauffering and gilding along edges, [Nissen ZBI 1552, 1555; Nissen Vögel 350; VD16 G1728, G1734, G1741], marginal paper repairs and tears to many leaves, Thierbuch: title-page somewhat soiled at edges with a few paper repairs, h6 torn at foot without loss, i1 and n2 torn at foot with loss of a few words, o1 slightly damaged at foot obscuring text, r3 with loss of a few letters, y6 torn with some loss, Vogelbuch: lower section of b5 torn away, rebacked retaining original spine, new endpapers, binding slightly rubbed and scraped, upper joint cracking, lacking both straps
Gesner, Conrad THIERBÜCH, DAS IST EIN KURTZE BSCHREYBUNG ALLER VIERFÜSSIGEN THIEREN [TRANSLATED INTO GERMAN BY CONRAD FORER]. ZURICH: CHRISTOPHER FROSCHAUER, 1563 Vogelbuch [translated by Rudolf Heusslin]. Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1557, with final blank leaf Fischbuch [translated by Conrad Forer]. Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, 1563 3 works in one volume, folio (383 x 237mm.), RULED IN RED, red initial-strokes, decorative flourishes in blue and red, more than 1,000 woodcut illustrations of animals, birds and fish with CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOUR, late sixteenth-century calf gilt over wooden boards, gilt arabesque centre- and corner-pieces, brass corner-pieces and clasps, spine gilt in compartments, traces of gauffering and gilding along edges, [Nissen ZBI 1552, 1555; Nissen Vögel 350; VD16 G1728, G1734, G1741], marginal paper repairs and tears to many leaves, Thierbuch: title-page somewhat soiled at edges with a few paper repairs, h6 torn at foot without loss, i1 and n2 torn at foot with loss of a few words, o1 slightly damaged at foot obscuring text, r3 with loss of a few letters, y6 torn with some loss, Vogelbuch: lower section of b5 torn away, rebacked retaining original spine, new endpapers, binding slightly rubbed and scraped, upper joint cracking, lacking both straps
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